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Nomination of experts to participate in the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Socio-Economic Considerations and submission of information (Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety)

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/KG/PD/PS/86495 (2017-046)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities

Submission of information on synthetic biology and nomination of experts to participate in the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MM/MW/86375 (2017-044)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Fourteenth meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

16 - 18 May 2017, Montreal, Canada

CBD/CP/HTPI/WS/2017/1/2

Report of the Workshop on Developing Capacity for National Border Controls on Living Modified Organisms in Pacific Small Island Developing States, Suva, 27-29 March 2017

Call for expression of interest to participate in the project on "Integrated implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress, and the Convention on Biological Diversity"

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/KG/PD/PS/86494 (2017-040)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress closer to entering into force

2 May 2017 – Cuba deposited its instrument of accession to the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on 26 April 2017. Thus only three more ratifications are required for the Supplementary Protocol to enter into force.

Nomination of experts to participate in the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Socio-Economic Considerations and submission of information (Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety)

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/KG/PD/PS/86495 (2017-039)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities

Submission of information requested in decision VIII/12 on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/MW/86376 (2017-035)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points

UNEP/CBD/BS/MB/WS/2016/2/2

Report of the Global Workshop on Integrated Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the Convention on Biological Diversity, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 31 October- 4 November 2016

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: Review of experience in convening the meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol concurrently

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/KNM/86308 (2017-028)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points

Workshop on developing capacity for national border controls on living modified organisms in Pacific small island developing States

27 - 29 March 2017, Suva, Fiji

Cristiana Paşca Palmer assumes position as Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity

20 March 2017 – Cristiana Paşca Palmer today assumed office as the new Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the principal global treaty on biodiversity.

Asia-Pacific Workshop on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

20 - 24 March 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Submission of information on synthetic biology and nomination of experts to participate in the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/DA/MW/86375 (2017-025)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Follow-up to decisions of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Overview of requests for action and planned activities for the next biennium

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/mw/86348 (2017-022)
To: CPB National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations

Launch of the Biodiversity e-Learning Platform

Reference: SCBD/IMS/RS/ET/CP/86275 (2017-021)
To: CBD, CPB, NP Focal Points, other Governments, relevant organizations and IPLCs

Review of experience in convening the meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol concurrently

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/KNM/86308 (2017-016)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points

Nomination of participants to the workshop on developing capacity for national border controls on living modified organisms in Small Island Developing States in the Pacific, Suva, Fiji, 27-29 March 2017

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/PD/ps/86212 (2017-010)
To: CPB National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) of Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu

Nomination of participants to the workshop on developing capacity for national border controls on living modified organisms in Small Island Developing States in the Pacific, Suva, Fiji, 27-29 March 2017

Reference: SCBD/SPS/MPM/PD/ps/86212 (2017-004)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu and relevant organizations

Nomination of Experts to the Asia-Pacific workshop on detection and identification of living modified organisms, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 20-24 March 2017

Reference: SCBD/SPS/MPM/DA/86174 (2017-001)
To: CPB Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), of: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Viet Nam and Yemen, Relevant Organizations

Nomination of Experts to the Asia-Pacific workshop on detection and identification of living modified organisms, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 20-24 March 2017

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/MPM/DA/86174 (2016-149)
To: CPB National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), of: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Viet Nam and Yemen, Relevant Organizations

Agreements reached on actions to integrate biodiversity in forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and tourism sectors and to achieve the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development

UN Biodiversity Conference results in significant commitments for action on biodiversity

Agreements reached on actions to integrate biodiversity in forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and tourism sectors and to achieve the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development

Biosafety Clearing-House Training Workshop

11 December 2016, Cancun, Mexico

I am honoured to have this opportunity to address you on the occasion of the visit of His Excellency Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico at this United Nations Biodiversity Conference, in Cancun, Mexico, 2016.

UNEP/CBD/BSHTPIWS/2016/1/3

Report of the Workshop

I am pleased to welcome you all to the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, and the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol, here in Cancun, Mexico.

Ministers commit to integrate biodiversity into key economic sectors in order to achieve global biodiversity targets

4 December 2016 - Ministers from around the world committed to working together to save biodiversity and take urgent action to achieve the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, and backed this with a host of specific commitments.

Eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

4 - 17 December 2016, Cancun, Mexico

Statement by CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, at the Closing of the High-Level Segment of the 2016 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, Cancun, Mexico, 3 December 2016

Opening Remarks by CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, to the High-Level Segment of the 2016 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, Cancun, Mexico, 2 December 2016

High Level Segment of the thirteenth meeting of Conference of the Parties and concurrent meetings of the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

2 - 3 December 2016, Cancun, Mexico

At a critical meeting opening tomorrow, the United Nations will call on decision makers from more than 190 countries to step up efforts to halt the loss of biodiversity and protect the ecosystems that support food and water security and health for billions of people.

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/8/INF/10

Summaries and Recommendations of Online Discussions on Public Participation and Access to Information on Living Modified Organisms

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/8/INF/2

Report of the Open-Ended Online Expert Forum on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/8/INF/8

Update of the Comparative Analysis of Data from the Third Reporting Cycle in Relation to the Baseline Data on the Status of Implementation

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/8/INF/9

Reports of the Joint Aarhus Convention/ Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety Round Tables on Public Awareness, Access to Information and Public Participation Regarding Living Modified Organisms and Genetically Modified Organisms – Chair’s Summaries on Ways Forward

Second joint Aarhus Convention/CBD round table on public awareness, access to information and public participation regarding living modified organisms and genetically modified organisms

15 - 17 November 2016, Geneva, Switzerland

High-level segment of the UN Biodiversity Conference: Cancun Declaration

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/DC/CE/85746 (2016-137)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points, and relevant organizations

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/8/INF/7

Reports of the Capacity-Building Workshops on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/8/INF/11

Capacity-Building Workshops on Public Awareness, Education and Participation Concerning Living Modified Organisms

UN Biodiversity Conference and its high-level segment: Vehicle access to the venue

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/DC/CE/86077 (2016-136)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points, and relevant organizations

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/8/INF/3

Report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management (2016)

Global Workshop on integrated implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the Convention on Biological Diversity

31 October - 4 November 2016, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/8/INF/1

Summary Outcomes of the Tenth Meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/8/INF/12

Report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management (2015)

Shipment arrangements for the UN Biodiversity Conference in Cancun, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/AFC/PT/NI/86064 (2016-134)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points, and relevant organizations

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/8/11/ADD1

Analysis of Information Contained in the Third National Reports

Invitation to prepare for elections to replace outgoing members of the Compliance Committees at the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol (COP-MOP 8) and the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol (COP-MOP 2)

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/VN/KG/ps/86062 (2016-131)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena and the Nagoya Protocols, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB and ABS NFPs have not yet been designated)

Biosafety Clearing-House Training Workshop, 11 December 2016 - Cancun, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/MPM/ABw/86024 (2016-132)
To: Parties participating in the UNEP-GEF Project for Sustainable Capacity Building for Effective Participation in the Biosafety Clearing-House (UNEP-GEF BCH III Project)